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APPLICATION lFILED APR.26.1922.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

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Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

EDWARD H. ROY, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed April 2e', 1922.Y serial No. 556,728.

the type known as store refrigerator, and

which are used in butcher shops, grocery y stores, and other like places.

l One important object of the invention is to improve the general construction of devices of this character.

A second important object of this invention is toprovide an improved arrangement of storage space in such refrigerator wherein small articles such as butter, eggs and the like may be stored entirely separate from meats and yet kept at the proper temperature for preservation.

A third importantobj ect of this invention is to provide an improved arrangement of meat storing chamber in such a refrigerator, wherein a provision is made against the dripping of condensed moisture on the meat.

A fourth important object Aof the invention is to provide an improved arrangement for the circulation of air in such a refrigerator. v

VVlith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of'construction and combinations of parts hereinafter` fully described, il-

lllstrated in the accompanying drawings,

and specically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Figure l is a longitudinal section through such a refrigerator.

Figure 2 is transverse section therethrough on the line 2-2 on Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view on'the line 3 3 on Figure l.

Figure 4 is a prospective view of the condensate shield used herewith.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section through one of the Ventilating tubes.

It is obvious that ice boxes or refrigerators may be made embodying the same mechanical principals while being, at the same time, of various sizes and styles but in the present drawings a refrigerator has been shown which has a bottom 10,side walls 11, and a top 12 all of whichv are of double walled construction with the usual insulating packingv between the walls. In one side wall of the refrigerator is fitted a door 14 while, `in a side wall at right angles thereto is `a series of small doors `15 and 16 of which the former are glazed and the latter, in common'with` the door 14 is of the usual double walled and insulation packed construction. In the top of the refrigerator are certain double walled hatches 17 which are supportedon a movable bar 18 so that the entire top portion occupied by the hatches mayv be -removed for the purpose of inserting or removing 'the ice box proper.

The front portion of the refrigerator is divided from the remainder by a partition 19 in the formof a grill or grating which,

while it does not interfere with free circulation of air, will effectually separate small artlcles placed on shelves 20 behind the doors v15 and 16 from the space occupied by the ice boX proper.

The ice boX itself vis of the general type illustrated in my copending application filedv Feb. 13, 1922 andbearing the Serial Number 536,074 which has matured into Patent 1,414,097. As shown it consists of spaced inner walls 21 and outer walls 22, the latter rising above the inner walls while joined thereto at their lower ends by a bottom 23. These double walls are carried around three sides'of a storagespace 24, the side next to the door 14 being left open toal'ord access to the storage space. This storage space isy clcsedin above by a top 25 connected to the walls 21. The side walls 22 are also connected at their front edges by a front wall 26 which rises from the top-25. This structure provides an ice space 27 which is U shaped in plan and the space 24 is connected tothe space between the ice. container and the refrigerator walls by means of ventilating tubes 28 so that the warmer air within the space 24 may escape through the upper tubes l los is provided beneath the true top and this consists preferably of a pair of spaced partition members 29 carrying brackets 30 which serve to support an intermediate partition member Si, the latter over lying the space between the former and having its lateral edges overlapping the proximal edges of said pair. rihis construction provides a false top having air spaces to permit circulation of air while at the same time it prevents condensate from dripping onto the contents of the space This false top in clines longitudinally and its lower end overiies a gutter 32 which isconnected by a drain pipe 33 with the drain 84. Suitable meat racks 35, may be used and, as shown, these may be employed to support the false top.

The ice space is filled in the usual manner through the hatchways in the top.

V'Vith this construction the entire interior of the refrigerator will be kept cool while the meat storage space, being surrounded on three sides by ice, will be kept cooler than the storage space on the opposite side of the screen so that articles which it is not desired to keep at too low atemperature may be kept properly on the shelves.

rlhere has thus been 'provided a simple and eflicient device of the kind described and for the purposes specified.

lt is obvious that minor changes may be made in the'form and construction of the invention without departing from the material principles thereof. it is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

l. ln a refrigerator, a casing, a grill. work dividing said casing into a plurality of compartments having' freel air communication with each other, an ice box in one of said compartments having hollow walls forming ice receiving spaces, a series `of shelves in the other compartmentto divide the same into a plurality of small compartments each having the grill for its back, air vent tubes passing through the walls of said ice box to afford communication between the interior and exterior thereof, and independent access means to the several compartments and ice bor.

2. in a refrigerator, a hollow walled storconipartment lntving` its walls forming ice receiving spaces, and a series of rows of tubes passing through the side walls of said compartment to be surrounded by ice in the ice spaces and opening inwardly to the interior of the compartment and outwardly to its exterior whereby to permit circulation of air between the interior and exterior, the walls of the refrigerator being spaced from the exterior of the container to provide air spaces around the container.

in a refrigerator, a storage compartment having a top and provided with hollow ice receiving walls: having air vent tubes eX- tcnding therethrough, av false top located close beneath the said compartment top and inclined in one direction, a. gutter beneath the lower end of the false top, and a drain leading from said gutter.

in a refrigerator, a storage compartment having a top and provided with hollow ice receiving walls having air vent tubes extending therethrough, a false top located close beneath the said compartment top and inclined in one direction, said false top comprising` a pair of spacedimperforate screen members and .an intermediate screen member covering the space between said pair and supported in raised position above the pair to provide air passages between the proximal edges of the pair and the lateral edges of the intermediate member, a gutter beneath the lower end of the false top, and a drain leading lfrom said gutter.

ln testimony whereof lr afliX my signature.

EDVARD H. ROY. 

